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Changing techniques to catch more fish
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a Tango Shad and hooked up twice in 50m.
any fish on your first few trolls or casts that no fish are present. Maybe that spot is barren but then again we all know what assume stands for and you could be driving away from good fish.
This can go the other way too. I could be having no luck with the Bulldog so tie on something like a 2m or 3m-diving Wilson Fish Art lure and troll it in 600mm of water.
They may just not be attuned to the offering you are showing them. I have seen their preferences change from day to day, so if you’re heading out once or twice a month it’s a lot harder to pick what mood they’ll be in.
It will absolutely belt the bottom with a very aggressive action and sometimes this is what’s needed to get a reaction out of the fish. The same principle applies with soft plastics.
If you’ve got a couple of fishos in the boat, try two different techniques at once. Then if one starts working, the other person can change. The squire/snapper around the bay is- lands have been playing the same sort of game over the past month.
As the temperature continues to drop we will see more of these fish in the shallows. This one fell to a Zerek Bulldog Crank.
Maxy with an early morning flathead taken on a Fish Art lure.
Sometimes you can be casting into an area and using a subtle finesse approach with a light jig head and paddle tail or curly grub but you may not get a reaction.
We have been catching them, not in great numbers, but getting a few every time we go out.
If you feel fish are there, I would go up to something like a Zerek Live Flash Minnow Wriggly or Flat Shad and a 1/4oz or 3/8oz jig head and start belting the bottom to see if I can get a reaction out of them.
They too have been taking a vari- ety of techniques. These techniques can change due to the colour of wa-
Don’t assume if you haven’t caught
ter we are fishing or the size or what
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Bush ’n Beach Fishing, June 2020 – Page 21
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